Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-11-09

age as /, so to speak, look younger than
mine. He IS tall and burly, and has
mighty mature and lumpish look. The
beard which fate has denied me adorns
him, and with a double portion, and,
now that his voice has broken and set
tied itself into kind of hoarse bray,
bcyish is the last word to apply to him.
l took him down the other day TO
Marlborough school TO enter him there.
My railway journey was neither more
nor less of a misery to me than usual.
An economically minded ticket inspec-
tor remarked considerably to my son,
I'D have passed him with half ticket,
sirl You need't have got whole 'un- !"
| went to the refreshment room and
asked for four of whisky. The young
lady behind the bar leant over and
cried, s-Oh, you hoTrid little bOyl l
shar't give you nothing but glass of
milk and bun, not il you was ever SO.
To think OF the likes of you wanting
fours of Scotch. indeedl'' and burly
countryman standing by snote me on
the back till l cho i. and gu1awed,
"Hawl uawl Thee IT good 'un. i
loikes thy cheek, little chop and in
TRYING to force on me a drink of his
beer contrived to pour some half pint
into my neck and waistcOat and then
cursed me for his own clumsiness. The
bookstall man treated me with polite
Indifference and paid no more attention
to me than to spaniel. FINALLY,
when a grim old lady got into our
smoking carriage she fixed me with n
"A stony eye and said, '-Ohi you nasty
little boyI smoking at your agel Where
do you expect to go to2"and proceeded
to take my pipe away from me; while
the other passengers said, "Well. he Is
too young to be smoking, for sure, !"
and that Iout of a son of mine went
black in the face with laughter and de-
clined to come TO the rescue.
Marlborough was reached at last,
and We walked up TO the headmaster's s
house. With some difficulty and two
half crowns l induced the iscredulous
butler 20 usher US in, and having got
rid of his first notion that 1t was, as he
SAID. "a OAK" found ] had cast out
the first devil only to have 2 more
wicked one take his place, for now he
WINGED loosely and bade us "come
this WAY, young genle'men," and ac-
ually poked me in the ribs before gong
round the screen and ushering US into
the DOCTORS presence. Twas wild with
wrath at the indignity. Doctor" said
/. fierceIy and shrilly. 81 must protest,
[ insist. sir" He glared at me haugh-
tily. and then, turning TO my lout said,
lis this some farce! If, sir, as L sup
pose, you are bringing your little
brother to enter him ut the school, let
me say that We have the means," and
he swished his hand through the air,
''of correcting that unbridled and in=
subordinate demeanor which the loss,
no doubt, OF a father, and the absence
of parental control, has induced IN hlm-
see." sald he, as the gaby turned
| crimson, and shuffled from one foot TO
the other, ''your brothers pertHes3 not
unnaturally discomposes you; believe
me, L attach no blame to you, and l
| think" he added significantly. I'VE
! "AS, ;esn remedy - ..,v
1 said VIII not repeat. Let me not
! forget that am clergyman, and that
/ il is my duty alike to forgive my enc
| mics and to eschew bad language; but
| for the nolce my language was very
bad indeed, and very wrathful; and the
matter was made all the worse by the
fact that the doctor was but young
man. "Sir,n / cried, 81 took an honor
able degree at Oxford when you were
still being birched at school, and was a
priest in holy orders before you were in
coat taus. How dare you gibe at my
personal appearance, sirl How dare
you make a mock of my infirmity2 7 on
seem so inhuman, and SO indscently
fond of the most degrading part of your
duties, that would gladly leave this
grinning oaf with you, and then he
would get the thrashing he deserves for
exulting ia his fathers discontinue.
But then 1 should hsvs to speak With
Q 60 tt-ith \
not lower myself by having anything TO
do with you; evil communications cor
rupt good manners, sir, and 1 Will not
stoop TO imperil my own good breeding
by communicating With pedagogue,
who, instead of scholar and q gentle
man, appears to be coXcomb and a
boor;'' and with this tirade L flung out
of the room in rage, and my son skunk
out at my heels.
was speeches, with fury till we
got some distance from the house.
| Then, looking up, ! saw that my
wretched 10y was staggering still, and
in my modification l struck him with
my cane. There were several OF the
lads about, and he, poor fellow. was
high and mighty in his new tail coat,
and he felt the indignity- He lost his
| temper, as i had lost mine, and, turn
| ing on me, he boxed my ears. This
was too much. To what depth OF CON-
tempt must L have falleni L dropped
on a bench and burst into tears-the
bittereSt tears, think, that ever man
| shed
gave him money and sent him home
alone, and then ! wandered away in
indescribable wretchedness. 1 was
blind to all that passed; L neither saw
nor cared where 1 went. 1 could not
even pursue one train of thought, how
ever miserable. Not that any oblivion
/ came mercifully to relieve me from my
sufferings. passed through moment
/ after moment of exquisite PAIN, but
/ each seemed Isolated, and to be endured
/ by itself separately, and without any
| continuity with either the moments
/ that went before or those which fol-
/ lowed after. How the time won't do
/ not know, but after what l thought
Was a great while i found myself Sit
/ ting by a dull, dark stream, staring
/ yloomily into it. / do not know what
was passing through my mind; perhaps
no settled thought had formed itself;
but was in a very abyss of despair.
/ Suddenly / felt q little hand thrust
| INTO mine, and a child kissed me. I
| looked up and saw a village girl OF or
years old, very plain but for a pair of
wistful eyes. who gazed pitifully at me
and said, POO boyl" From her lips
L did not vince at the reproach of
youth. Slowly l came out OF the dark
mood in which was ready for 1 know
not what rash act; and in talking to
the little girl, and feeling her hand
confidingly in mine. gradually found
composure and resignation She was
very shy, and even stupid, and, when
| [ got her to speak, her voice was coarse,
and sue talked in a villainously pro-
vincial accent; but still, by her mute
kindliness and fellow feeling, she had
saved me from what l dared not con-
template, and 1 owed her a debt Of
gratitude which could not paw.
Alasl these milder moments were
not for long. At last | reached home,
and found the boy. who had preceded
| me, had told his story from his own
poins o. view. and my wife, perhaps
r %1orr his mart eel SnnDoao -